Sustainability and biodiversity are the themes of National Heritage Week 2022 which kicks off this Saturday. Over the course of the week there will be 1,300 events going ahead around the country to celebrate our rich natural, built and cultural heritage. Some highlights from this year’s National Heritage Week programme in the Swords Local Electoral…
Fingal County Council, as the relevant planning authority, has rubberstamped the decision to allow for an increase in night time flights at Dublin Airport. The decision now brings into place the new rules around night flights at Dublin Airport as put forward by the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority (ANCA). By ANCA’s own admission, the decision…
Farmers around Swords will be able to receive payments for land with up to 50 per cent given to scrub, thicket, woodland habitat, and rock. These areas were previously ineligible for farm payments, and this led to farmers removing these high nature value habitats. This process was devastating for wildlife that relies on these pockets…
You wait for one ebike scheme to come along and then two arrive at once. A new ESB ebikes scheme, run by Bleeper bikes, is now available on Main St. Like the Tier ebike scheme that launched last month, these are electric bikes that will provide you with extra power up to 25 kmph. Unlike…
We thought we had seen the last of the SHD (Strategic Housing Development) but in recent days another has been filed for the Fosterstown area in Swords, next to Boroimhe. The proposed development, known as Pinnock Hill SHD, consists of 219 apartments and a creche on an a site of 1 and a half hectares.…
Prof Niall Moyna, known for appearing on the hit RTE show Operation Transformation, has told this week of being knocked from his bike on the Seatown Roundabout in Swords. The DCU academic outlined in a series of tweets how he was struck while taking a right turn on the roundabout and landed on his head…
The school bus service, which is for children who have a long distance to their nearest school, has been made free by the government but you must register in the next week. School children who are eligible for the scheme must register before July 29th to get free fares for the coming year. Commenting on…
Families in Swords, and across Fingal, have come forward to help with the recent wave of people displace by the war in Ukraine. Some 379 properties have been pledged to help Ukranians in Fingal, as of July 14th. Of those 311 are rooms within a home where the people will live with the family. This…
It is Ireland’s largest occupied building so as you can imagine the views from the top are incredible. The new air traffic control tower in Dublin airport sprung up in the last two years and at 87.7m high it puts the old one in the shade. At the official opening of the tower last month,…
The annual Fingal 10K will take place in Swords this weekend and parts to the town will be closed off to accomodate the race. The Fingal race is an established part of the Dublin Race Series and attracts a big crowd to the town. The race starts at 9.30am but Main St, North St and…